12-letter words containing a, r
- (in) care of — at the address of
- (to) be fair — You use fair in expressions such as to be fair and let's be fair when you want to add a favourable comment about someone or something that you have just mentioned and to correct a false impression that you might have given.
- 386spart.par — (operating system) (Or "WIN386.SWP") 386SPART.PAR was a hidden file created by Windows 3.1 for use as virtual memory swap file. It was generally found in the root directory, however it could appear elsewhere. Its size depended on how much virtual memory you set up.
- À bon marché — at a bargain price
- a chromosome — any chromosome belonging to the normal set characteristic of a given species.
- a dirty word — If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with.
- a fair shake — If you do not get a fair shake, you are not given a reasonable opportunity to succeed or to achieve something.
- a free lunch — If you say there's no such thing as a free lunch, you are saying that most things that are worth having need to be paid for or worked for, and that you cannot expect to get things for nothing.
- a great many — an extremely large number (of persons or things)
- à la grecque — in the Greek manner; specif., cooked in wine, olive oil, lemon juice, herbs, and spices, and usually served cold
- a number one — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- a posteriori — relating to or involving inductive reasoning from particular facts or effects to a general principle
- a rough ride — If you say that someone faces a rough ride, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly.
- a roving eye — If you say that a man has a roving eye, you are criticizing him for continually paying attention to different women.
- a sore point — If something is a sore point with someone, it is likely to make them angry or embarrassed if you try to discuss it.
- a tall order — If something is a tall order, it is very difficult.
- a-line dress — a dress that gradually becomes wider from top to bottom, similar to an A in shape
- a-number-one — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- a. k. erlang — Agner Krarup Erlang
- abbreviately — In an abbreviate way.
- abbreviating — Present participle of abbreviate.
- abbreviation — An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
- abbreviatory — shortening
- abbreviature — an abbreviation
- abd-el-kadir — 1807?–83, Algerian leader.
- abdul rahman — Tunku. 1903–90, Malaysian statesman; prime minister of Malaya (1957–63) and of Malaysia (1963–70)
- abdul-jabbar — Kareem [kuh-reem] /kəˈrim/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr) born 1947, U.S. basketball player.
- abecedarians — Plural form of abecedarian.
- aberrational — characterized by aberration
- abirritation — to make less irritable; soothe.
- abirritative — to make less irritable; soothe.
- abligurition — Prodigal expense for food.
- abolitionary — Relating to or favoring abolition.
- aboriginalia — objects from Aboriginal culture used as decorations, esp when they produce a distorted, sentimental view of Aborigines and Aboriginal history
- aboriginally — of, relating to, or typical of aborigines: aboriginal customs.
- abortionists — Plural form of abortionist.
- abortiveness — imperfect development; rudimentary nature
- above ground — not underground
- abracadabras — Plural form of abracadabra.
- abrasiveness — any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
- abridgements — Plural form of abridgement.
- absorptional — Relating to absorption.
- absorptivity — a measure of the ability of a material to absorb radiation, equal to the internal absorptance of a homogeneous layer of the material under conditions in which the path of the radiation has unit length and the boundaries of the layer have no influence
- abstract art — non-representational art
- abstractable — able to be abstracted
- abstractedly — lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied.
- abstractions — Plural form of abstraction.
- abstractness — the quality of being abstract as opposed to concrete
- abstruseness — hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- accelerating — Present participle of accelerate.
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